Selected Writing
“Drawing Conclusions” in The Lancet
“Standard of Care” in New England Journal of Medicine
“Board Review and the Middle-Aged Doctor” in New England Journal of Medicine
“Gifts” in New England Journal of Medicine
“Should Doctors Write About Patients?” in The Atlantic
“House of Death” in New York Times
“End of a Chapter” in Health Affairs
“How Many Have You Done?” in Journal of the American Medical Association
“The Best Kept Secret in Healthcare; or, the Doctor Doesn’t Always Know Best” in Cognoscenti/WBUR
“Clap Trap: Why an Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug Will Be Especially Bad for Women” in Slate
“The Clothes Make the Doctor” in The Atlantic
“Desperate To Cry, Desperate Not To” in New York Times
“Doctor Works at Clip to Save Patient from Painful Steps” in Los Angeles Times
“Free the Nurses” in Slate
“Hounded” in Journal of the American Medical Association
“A Leg of Legendary Size” in Discover Magazine
“See You Later, Speculum: the Case for Getting Rid of Annual Pelvic Exams” in Slate
“Simple Sickness Gone Awry” in Discover Magazine. Reprinted in 2018 Discover special issues, Medical Mysteries
“The Sneaky Pain that Fooled Six Experts” in Discover Magazine. Reprinted in Tales of Medical Mysteries, Obscure Diseases, and Life-Saving Diagnoses, Skyhorse Publishing, 2013
“A Syllabus for Empathy – Or Why Health Care Workers Should Read Poetry” in Cognoscenti/WBUR
“Tender Young Brains: What Kind of Childhood Stress Should Parents Actually Be Stressing About?” in Slate
Essays
Review of Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine by Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley in Washington Post
Review of When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi in Slate
Review of An Arm and a Leg podcast in Yale Alumni Magazine
Review of The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin in Slate
Review of Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer in New Haven Advocate
Reviews
“MRI” in Annals of Internal Medicine
“Viagra Advertisement” in Annals of Internal Medicine
“Estate Sale” in 2RiverView
“At the Korean War Memorial Park, Baltimore” in 2RiverView
“Luck” in Moonwort Review
Poems
Chen PW, Charness ME, Reisman A. VA Writes: a reflective writing workshop to improve well-being in health care employees. New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2025;6(1)
Shahu A, Thomas A, Neustatder E, Reisman A. Practical tips for implementing a student-led reflective writing workshop series. Medical Science Educator. 2019, 29: 863–869
Herrick-Reynolds K, Sewanan L, Zheng DJ, Wang P, Encandela J, Shahu A, Reisman A. A novel near-peer reflective writing workshop. The Clinical Teacher. 2019: 8;16(4):339-344
Adams Z, Reisman A. Beyond sparking joy: a call for a critical medical humanities. Academic Medicine. 2019; 94:1404.
Krishnan L, Reisman A. Medical humanities in a pandemic: essential and critical. Synapsis, November 9, 2020
Davidson K, Rock R, Levenson C, Reisman A. Making the invisible visible: using art to explore the façade of objectivity in medicine. The Lancet, Volume 404, Issue 10467, 2042 – 2043.
Reisman AB, Hansen H, Rastegar A. The craft of writing: a physician-writer’s workshop for resident physicians. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006:21(10):1109-1111
Lemay M, Sanders L, Encandela J, Reisman A. Writing well: the long-term effect on empathy, observation, and physician writing through a residency writers workshop. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2017:9(3)
Adams Z, Mekbib K, Encandela J, Reisman A. Variation in medical humanities program mission statements in United States and Canadian Medical Schools. Medical Teacher (2022) DOI:10.1080/0142159X.2022.2151886
Shafer A, Bonner L, Reisman A, Bein Sarah. Feeding…being fed: poetry and commentary. Journal of Medical Humanities. June 2009, 30:2;135-41.
Reisman AB, Stevens D, Eds. Telephone Medicine: A Guide for the Practicing Physician. Philadelphia, American College of Physicians – American Society of Internal Medicine, 2002